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Globe auditions Auditions for Globe Productions show wilt be held on Saturday and Sunday next Sept 14 and IS For appointments please phone Audrey Houston or attend a sing through at St Andrews United Church Mountainview Road Georgetown on Friday Sept 13 at p and introduce yourself to Mrs Houston Emergency planning Although it will be only eight old the region Is going to be putting Its emergency and social services plans into action Sept The plans are going to be tested as a paper exercise with control group members being led through them by emergency planning Adeline the supervisor of waste disposal and a member of the regional Two evacuation centres one in Oakville and the other in Burlington will be established In the mock exercise Super Sundays Make at least two or those dull winter afternoons sparkle for he entire family Purch ase your series tickets for the Super Sunday Concerts now On Nov to Kim and Jerry will present an imaginative afternoon of music from around the world The Toy Town Troupers return by popular demand with a magical moment of theatre called The Haunted Castle on Jan 12 For a mere for the scries ticket you can see both exciting performances Show limes are 1 30 and 330 p Tickets are on sale at Georgetown Fabrics or or by phoning or Stewarttown news By J ROSS Herald Correspondent Visitors from Caledon Oakvllle Thorold Eden Mills and Kenllworth attended the annual memorial service and enjoyed the pot luck supper at St Johns Church this past Sunday Wednesday Sept 11 7 m St Johns Guild will meet to start the fall season and get items ready for the bazaar which will be held in November Funding for on office f the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce sets up its own office local businesses think it should be paid for either through member fees or from a government subsidy and fund raising A summer survey of all Georgetown businesses by the Chamber showed per cent think funding should come from member fees alone and 16 per cent think funding should come from a government subsidy and fund raising Businesses suggested space and equipment be donated by the town and local businesses or that a building be bought end shares In the building sold to businesses Road almost awash Road in Acton was nearly washed away in a recent rain storm Coun Dave Whiting claimed Monday night he asked that the engineer ing department put the road high on its priority list of roads to repair Town engineer Bob Austin said the I960 budget had money set aside for the Cobblehill and Mill Street intersection but not for an entire road alignment Coun the tour of bad town roads for councillors sitting alter November Draft plan delays Town councillors are expected to approve a decision made In general committee Monday night that draft plan approval be extended six months for Investments Ltd The company has requested the additional time to get its finances organized and get proper documentation clerk administrator Ken Richardson said The company intends to build a residential subdivision on the former dragstrlp north of Highway between the Fifth and Sixth Lines The property Is 149 acres and plans are to establish a lot estate subdivision Georgetown night school The University of Waterloo will offer two courses in the fallwinter academic year in Georgetown Social Casework is a comae dealing with the social work profession This course will examine the complex abilities and skills needed for actually working with Individuals Topics to be covered include building trust facilitating change assessment and treatment Interventions Prerequisite for the course if SOCWK or the instructors consent It will be held Mondays p Sept 9 to Dec 19B5 Anyone wanting to lake the course for interest only need not register or pay fees If taken for credit one must register and pay the oneterm course fee Individuals over GO years of age can have fees covered through a bursary Hills courses are offered with the cooperation of the Recreation and Parks and the Separate School Board For more information call Chamber survey shows SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday September 11 IMS Page AFTER FIVE AND THINGS TO DO AND PLACES TO GO PREMIER SEE REGULAR AD FOR THIS WEEKS SHOWS AND TIMES Hwy25Sol401 An MAIN ST S7733BS A CANADIAN THEATRES Firms want promotion leaders By PEDERIAN Herald When it comes to tour ism almost SO per cent of Georgetown business es think the Chamber of Commerce should be out there promoting the A survey conducted this summer of local businesses showed those who favored tourism wanted more signs up along Highway and Maple Avenue to direct traffic to the towns busi ness core They also wanted Glen Williams and Terry Cotta promoted wilh signs directing tourists to these areas Business owners said they would like to see a tourist brochure put out by the chamber with radio advertising and place ops around town It was noted that Georgetown per se does not have a major tourist attraction Asked if the Chamber should operate a tourist information centre per cent of all businesses surveyed said yes Some of those survey ed suggested the centre operate out of a Chamb er office with the help of the Georgetown District High School Marketing Club during the summer months The 19M BIG Busin ess In Georgetown Cele bration was considered a positive exposure by per cent of those who took part in It Of those who didnt participate 45 per cent said they would if a similar event were spon sored by the Chamber The Chambers survey comments that busines ses were very compli mentary of the BIG Cele bration Those who said they wouldnt take part in it said It was the nature of their business that wouldnt permit their participation and it wasnt a reflection on BIG It was suggested the next BIG Celebration be held In a larger build ing or at separate locations that It be held in the winter to allow businesses who peak in the summer to parti cipate it not be held on Sundays have smaller celebrations on a more frequent basis hold smaller events featuring certain types of 63 see Chamber as active very active By Herald Stafr The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce needs to Improve its communication skills within the Business community and the community at large according to a summer survey of 505 local Survey results released last week showed that promotion and leadership are being looked for by the Georgetown business community from the Chamber Although the Chamber Is seen as active to very active by per cent of all businesses surveyed halt the businesses who dont belong to the Chamber said they were either unaware of the Chambers activities or that they thought the Chamber was inactive The survey included comments from Chamber members and nonmembers Over half of all businesses felt the Chamber communicates its activities to the community effectively Information supplied was available in per cent of cases and useful per cent of the time Businesses suggested the Chamber distrib ute a list of the Information they have access to and that the Chamber phone number be more Opposing all three OWMC sites Herald Staff rom he Halton health Frustrated after wait- department were also Ing over five months for answers from the Onta rio Waste Management In regional staff Corporation Halton were assured the region is expressing out- answers would be ready right opposition to all July end No reply three toxic waste was received A call locations the OWMC Aug la promised them widely publicized to encourage use of Its Information service Although many businesses get thetr suppli es from town or through head office Ihey do try to use local services when they con the survey found However businesses were unaware of all the services available locally and discouraged by the lack of uniform store hours in town A group insurance plan wasnt appealing to businesses Over per cent said they werent Interested for reasons of expense and ineffeclive- Crime Stoppers which a program operated by Halton regional police with the aid of the local media was considered to be of some or great benefit by 73 per cent of all businesses surveyed Having a business and professional directo ry appealed to per cent of businesses who felt this service should be widely advertised and continually updated The directory and information booklet put out by the Chamber was seen as the most beneficial of all the services offered by businesses It was suggested these booklets contain less advertising and be more widely distributed The Chambers programs are currently financed by members fees and selfsupporting activities per cent of businesses would like that change Theyd fundraising instead Those who opposed fund raising said the role of the Chamber is to serve businesses and not to raise funds in the community Establishing an office for Chamber business got approval from per cent of all businesses Right now business operates out of the secretarymanagers home It was felt an office would increase the Chambers visibility and would make Chamber services used more often However businesses opposed to a Chamber office said It would merely add more expense and not be cost efficient They felt there wasnt enough demand for oh office and that Georgetown was too small give businesses more advance time for preparation Asked if the Chamber were to host a similar event would they parti cipate per cent of those who did participate in 1984 said yes Holding such an event once a year got support of per cent of respondents as compar ed to per cent for every two years The survey also touch ed on Chamber sponsor ed educational work shops asking if local businesses would take part in them It was found that GO per cent of all businesses replied yes they would attend It was suggested the Chamber offer entire courses rather than sporadic workshops and that workshops should be held evenings and Satur days Concern about all areas of government regulations was expres sed by per cent of all businesses surveyed Next was concern per cent over provincial regulations and per cent over federal and provincial regulati ons Only 11 per cent of those surveyed were unconcerned about government regulations Provincial tax regula tions and taxes were cited as the areas of most concern by businesses Asked to what degree they felt the Chamber should be involved in regional or municipal issues per cent of businesses indication the Chamber should be act ive 57 per cent or very active 28 per cent Only per cent of busi nesses felt the Chamber should stay out of muni cipal and regional issu- Comments were that as business represents the largest number of tax dollars It should have representation and that governments dont know business concerns Businesses surveyed indicated strong support of Chamber positions on municipal or regional Issues with per cent saying they had never been opposed to any Chamber position AC Phone has named In Last Wednesday a report from regional planning director Roshccd Mohammed said that in the absence the need safety and suitability of the proposed facilities physical chemical treatment plant incine ration and landfill havent been shown This April regional council sent off 107 questions on the Corpo rations Phase Tech nical Reports Additional questions including August end KATHLEEN WEST VOICE VOCAL OF STUDIO OF FULL TRAMS VOCAL EUROPEAN FRENCH FOR REGISTRATION MIL ST MOW NOW OPEN Enjoy our NEW ENTERTAINMENT DINING LOUNGE DOWNSTAIRS and FoaturingThltWaek KAREN SILVER AND HER BAND Tuidv through 232 Guelph St Georgetown 8777811 8774445 Munch a lunch for less REGULAR 2 pes Kentucky Fried Chicken French Fries Choice of Salad Bread NO FRILLS 2 pes Kentucky Fried Chicken French Fries 1 Guelph St Georgetown 8775241 MondaySunday am till 200 pm